THROAT, AND AS HEATHER HAMEL REPORTS POLICE GRABBED SOME PLIERS AND GOT TO WORK. NOT YOUR AVERAGE CALL. THE OFFICERS WE TALKED TO SAY THEY DIDN'T LEARN THIS STUFF IN THE POLICE ACADEMY, BUT THEY ARE HIRED TO SERVE AND PROTECT AND THAT INCLUDES MAN'S BEST FRIEND. MEET NICK, BUNDLED IN HIS HOODIE PRANCING AROUND THE FARMINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU'D NEVER KNOW WHAT HE WENT THROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND. HIS OWN OTHER SAYS SHE HAD GIVEN HIM HIS NIGHTLY DOG TREAT AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG. HE GETTINGS A DENTAL BONE EVERY NIGHT AND HE DIDN'T CHEW ON IT THIS TIME, HE JUST SWALLOWED IT, SO IT WOULDN'T COME BACK UP. SHE AND HER MOM TRIED TO HELP THE POM RANNIAN POODLE MIX BUT COULDN'T. THE NEAREST OPEN VET WAS IN NEWINGTON AND SHE DOESN'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE MADE IT. MY MOM PUT INSPECT THE CAR AND DROVE AROUND AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE ELSE GO. SHE RAN THE BELL AT THE POLICE OFFICER AND THE OFFICER SAYS SHE FOUND HER STANDING THERE WITH THE DOGS IN HER ARMS. IT WAS IN OBVIOUS DISTRESS, STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. THE SERGEANT AND OFFICER ACTED QUICKLY. MCNULTY PUTTING ON GLOVES AND HOLDING THE DOG'S MOUTH OPEN AND ORLANDO HOLDING HIM STILL. THERE ARE DOG WAS SO MALL WE COULDN'T GET OUR FINGERS INSIDE THE DOG'S MOUTH TO GRAB THE BONE. SO ANOTHER DETECTIVE GRABBED A PAIR OF PLYERS AND PULLED THE BONE OUT. IN SECOND IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I WAS SO HAPPY THAT SOMEBODY WAS HERE TO HELP HIM. JUDGING BY THE REACTION THAT THE SERGEANT GOT, MIT APPRECIATED IT AS WELL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT WEEKS THAT THE SERGEANT HELPED AN ANIMAL IN TROUBLE. LAST MONTH HE HELPED PULL A FORKING FROM A WELL. HE SAYS IT FEELS GOOD TO HELP AND HE'S HAPPY FARMINGTON RESIDENTS TURN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NO MATTER WHAT THE

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Falling behind early was not a problem for the Greenville Drive on Sunday afternoon, as a six-run bottom of the sixth was instrumental in a 7-6 victory over the Lexington Legends. With the win, the Drive clinched a 3-1 series victory at Fluor Field this weekend.